The evening world. Newspaper, February 28, 1903, Page 14

. a of Edward Burdick ‘@Bpecial to The Evening World.) FALO, Feb, 2%.—The police con- that they have no definite clue to murderer of Edward L. Burdick, of the Buffalo Envelope Com- J, who was found in his home early morning with Ms skuil fm. Mr, Burdick was also the | publisher of the Roller Monthly. He Was prominent as a clubman, church Member and socially. His death ts | Most mysterious. ia Burdiok, the wife of the murder- 4 man, arrived here this morning from ‘City and was driven to her a om Ashland avenue. District-Attorney Coatsworth, Assist- “Put Abbott and several detectives work- Mogether until an early hour to-day. a most Important clue unearthed so 3 fe the finding of the hackman who rove an unidentified man to within a doors of the Burdick residence near on Thursday. ‘A second valuable clue Js in the hands ‘the authorities. It is a tuft of about or twenty hairs, They were ‘on the person of Mr. Burdick, but Gre not of his hair. They are a wom- hair, They look as !f they had een torn out. ‘The picture of a married woman of elty was found in the “den,” but Phe District-Attorney laid it aside, «0 far as ite immediate value is concerned. hey also found a paper which had i sent to Mr. Burdick by a Cleve- woman, containing a story of the of a divorce from her hus- ‘ “The police learned that the woman fwas in Cleveland Thursday night and that her former husband is working in New York or eome other Eastern city. Viet after midnight was made to a > Well-known attorney residing in the | mime Sooality, where he and his wite “fwere questioned at length. ‘The of- if made no accusation the lawyer. In questioning them simply endeavored to get all the jon obtainable that in any way tend to touch on Mr. Burdick’s whatever Mory of the Marder. Mr. Burdick always went to business » When he did not appear at the table at the usual hour search ‘made for him. His mother-in-law, James D. Hull, found that his bed [OCK OF WOMAN'S ‘HAIRCLUTCHED IN SLAIN MAN'S HAND Increases the Mystery About Strange Death Killed with Feast Before Him. at Buffalo, Who Was was sent down to Mr, Bundick's room on the ground floor. In this room was a divan on which Mr, Burdick frequently fell asleep. The servant opened the door and peeped tn She eaw Mr. Burdick's body, clad In only an undergarment, lying under a heap of pillows on the divan. His head was covered with blood and the servant ran screaming from the room. Investi- gation showed that Mr. Bupdick's skull had been crushed in by a very hard blow. The Angers of one hand were broken* os if Mr, Burdick had warded off a blow. The fingers of the other hand were tightly clinched. When they were opened It was found that the fingers had held a wisp of woman's hair, On a table In the room were the remains of a luncheon. There was a bit of cheese, a Jelly tart, some crackers and a dot- tle of whiskey. Mr. Burdick’s clothing was scattered about the room. ‘This was the situation of things when the polloe wera called into the case. They asked of course whether Mr, Bur- dick was married, The answer came that he was, but that he had separated from his wife, who was then located in Atlantic City. The detectives looked wise. They then learned that the mld- night luncheon was made up of arti cles of food such as Mr. Rurdick was never known to eat. Nor did Mr. Bur- dick ever drink whiskey with his meals. This gave the police a clue that there had been a midnight visitor of whose presence the rest of the family had not been aware. All efforts were then turned to learn the identity of that visitor. Wan He Killed hy a Womant One of the cleverest detectives in Buffalo said to an Evening World ree porter: “1 belleve that Mr. Burdick was killed by a woman. “There are many signs that point that way. In the firat place we find that the dead man's hand clasped a wisp of wo- man's hair. In the second place the luncheon wes such as a woman would choose, In the third place the body was covered by nota pillows to hide its nakedness, This might be termed a feminine trick, A man if ‘he committed that crime would not bother about cov- ering the body. ‘The only negative indication taat the crime was committed by other than a woman 1s the fact that the blow struck eeoms to have been a very hard one and not one that could have been given by @ woman, If this crime was not com- i eee atl at te THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, coment 28, HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER AND FOOTBALL CAPTAIN WHOM SHE MERRILY KNOCKED OUT WITH HER FISTS. MARY L. ROGERS. ‘ers, taught a the gh-School football thrust her hard William Campbell, school. ‘The school committee, after Investigat: ing these two incidents, not only patted Miss Rogers on the back, but suspended the two scholars for two weeks. GEORGE M'NEIL. ‘Tals 1s a photo of Miss Mary L, Rog- athletic young woman who | teaches English and Latin In the Paw- tucket High-School and who has also couple of her that she understands the art of Ing out a stralgat left and a couple of uppereuts. Rogers punched in the nose with fst George MeNeilll, captain of the team, ‘st. into another pupil of the male fangs and also the eye of mitted by a woman then It was done by some man who had followed the woman into the house. Some corroboration of this {s found fn the fact that a kitchen window in the rear of the house was iucovered to be open, and some one had entered that way. The woman, and there surely was one in that room, was no doubt known by Mr, Burdick and was probably admitted by the front door.” There were three wounds in the skull. One was a deep, straight gash on the head above the ear. It Is about two inches In length and looks as if 1t had been done bya hatchet. The second wound Is lower on the left side, It Is a gash in the shape of a crescent. There was a third scalp wound, No weapon was found in the room or anywhere about the hou: Not Work of Burglars. That the murder was not the work of/ burglars every one agrees. There was | mot been occupied. Then a servant money in Burdick’s pocket and no arti cles had been missed from the house. ‘The police learned later from Atlantic City that Mrs. Burdick had been at that resort, but left yesterday afternoon ap- parently in ignorance of the tragic death of her husband. Her trunks were checked through to Buffalo. ‘The police have found a hackman who carried a man to the first corner east of the Burdick home Thursday night about 12 o'clock, After leaving the car- riage the man, of whom the police have a good description, walked up the street toward Burdick’s house, Detectives have called at every house In the block, but they were unable to find any one who was out In a cab at any time Thurs- day nigat. The description of the mysterious pas- wenger does not coincide with that of any one whom the police have had under survelllance. | BRAVED DEATH FOR BROTHER Girl of Seven Jumps in River to Rescue Boy of Five. Feb. 28.—No fear was in the eyes of Annie Ward, aged seven, citated after being atuck River, DPRBY, Conn,, Ansonia, The childre nk, lee siirting the shore. ank. Jonn Cay near an alrhole an Ww night sufferin, boy's body was recover after the accident. rday n had been playing on the when little Joe crept out on the Tt broke and he a Annie heard his cry, ran out on the Ice and jumped into the river beside him, She threw one arm about his neck, clinging with her free hand to the te It gave way and the children 5 pron caugat sight of the drew her out. ‘H. Conklin came with other men to the ecane and restored her to corsclous- ness. She begged to be allowed to re- main while the men were seeking for the body of ior little brother, carried to her home, where she lay last from a high fever. near sank br She was The three hours FAMILY NEARLY |SPYMATED Man, Woman and Four Children Found Unconscious and Re- vived After Hard Work of Over an Hour by a Doctor. SAVED BY THEIR ELDER SON. He Smelled Gas, and Although Al- most Overcome, Managed to Stag- ger to the Window, Open It and Call for Help. The family of Patrick McCormick, consisting of himeelf and wife and four children, narrowly escaped death by asphyxiation in thelr home at No. 1,858 Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, early to- day. They were saved only by drastic measures employed by Dr. O'Brien, of the Bushwick Central Hospital. William MoCormick, the elder son, was asleep in the front of the apart- ment, About 4 o'clock he awoke, and, smelling gas, started in search of the leak. He found that he was weakened DIED SUDDENLY. IN CIGAR STORE President N. L. Newcomb, of the Manhattan Steamship Com- pany, Expires After Asking for the Aid of a Physician. TWO ARRIVED TOO LATE. Was Head of a New Marine Con- cern Which Is to Operate Freight Between Here, Maine and Cana- dian Ports, Arrangements will be made to-day for the funeral of Nathaniel L. Newcomb, 8 RERUNS) I President of the Manhattan Steamship. Company, who died euddenly shortly after midnight in the cigar store of H. Roth, at No, 1017 Fulton street, Brooklyn. ‘ Mr. Newoomb was at hie office at No, 11 Broadway yesterday and did not complain of feeling {ll. About midnight he stepped into the cigar store and asked another customer if he would not oall a physician as he felt very {IL Dr. John Rurke, of No. 11 Halsey street, and Dr. Quell, of 64 Mary's Holm pital, were both called, but aay Men comb was dead when they reached his side. It was said that his death was , due to heart disease. Mr. Newcomb was fifty-five years old and lived in Westfield, N, J. Hie brother is Frank H. Newoomb, assistant post- | master of Brooklyn. He leaves & widow but no chilaren. The Manhattan Steamship Company was organised two y ehters, Wow" one he" Stuune “ands Canadien ports, but the boats have not yet been atarted. ———>>—_—— France Will Tax Coal Oil. PARTS, Feb. %—A Cabinet counstl was heli to consiier means for mee ing the deficit in the budget for 1908, which amounts to So. measures proposed oo aasiater Rouvier was a tax of % cents Principle ta o> leum. The gouncil agreed in M. Rouvier’s proposals. 1878 and dazed, but he staggered to the room where his parents were asleep, and saw that’ both were unconscious, The young man opened the window and called for help. Neighbors in the apartment house were aroused, and com- ing Into the house, found that the twin daughters, Alice and Mamie, who are eighteen years old, and Thomas, fifteen years old, were all unconscious. One of the burners of the kitchen stove was turned on. ‘ ‘A telephone call was sent to the hos- pital, and Dr. O'Brien responded. All the patiente were unconscious, and it was only after he and the neighbors under his direction had worked with them for ea hour, that they were re- vived. Mrs. ck was the last to retire last night. It is thought that she struck the burner with her arm, turn- ing it on. = Important to Mothers. The manufacturers of Castoria have been compelled to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to familiarize the public with the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher. This has bean :necessitated by reason of pirates counterfeiting the Cas- torla trade-mark. This counterfeiting |s a crime not only against the proprietors of Ci but against the growing foneration. All persons ghould be care- ‘ul to see that Castoria bears the signa- ture of Chas, H. Fletcher, if they would guard the health of their children. Par- ents, and mothers In particular, ought to carefully examine the Castorla adver- tisements which have been appearing in this paper, and to remember that the wrapper of every bottle af genuine Cas- toria bears the fac simile signature of has. H. Fletcher, under whose super- vision it hag been manufactured con- tinuously for over thirty years —Phila, Bulletin. 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